Maximum Hard Drive Capacity for 1.8 GHz G5

My boot drive is full and I want to install a larger one. I have several questions for the mavens on this forum:
1. What is the maximum sized SATA drive for my system? SATA or SATA 2?
2. Can I use Time Machine App connected to a 1TB external drive to restore all my files onto a new Upper bay drive?
3. The Optical Drive is broken. Can I install a new one and which one(s) do you recommend?

1. I believe 2.1 TB is the limit for PPC Macs. If a SATA 2 drive make sure it has jumpers to slow it to SATA 1 speeds, (pins 5&6 on WD drives).
2. Is the external drive Firewire?
3. Easy...
http://eshop.macsales.com/staticpages/Framework.cfm?page=superdrive/sdl_powermacg5.html
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L:
Firmware Revision: SB02
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
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Appendable: Yes
Might beware of the latest Pioneer drives, IIRC Pioneer isn't making them themselves anymore.

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